Apparatus for lifting and carrying loads.



No. 839,479. PATENTEDDEG. 25, 1906.

T. B. HOWE.

APPARATUS FOR LIPTING AND CARRYING LOADS.

- APPLICATION FILED MAILHJ. 1905.

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Tiara the Unite the cc unty 01 nsvlvania, has i 11:. 7 I ls In Apmn'atus :02 ii Carry I ads; and. .l do ll-ereby invez'ztiun to be a full, clear, and ,cription of the same, reference barm! '50 the accempzanying drawings, p: *2 thereof, and t the le ite-rskfi Imtr (IZIZliLd thereon. v This invention elates to improvements in pan ,5 for lifti .7 "i Tying loads, be-

daily adapted for use in the a hand 511g of concrete 01 1 l locks 101 xnainufactufe other cm 0sition noses. m

building put 'izgenxl. med MW I npma p p by a cap lying 00ml spcctively. 1n Qrder that the fcatemecl 25, 1906.

Serial No, 5150.8410- o the upper ring of the tUT'lJLillDlQ,

1.4: Q13 mm d. I will be held firmly "ml sscurely, as wi be readll 11m ez'stood.

ally 11101:! @(i tween tlzese standards ing 0] arm L, preferbly by K163611115 of a lmlt pin L, passing t-arough lull 0Q 2 and 01 m the standards and lever, re-

levcr may be carried at various heights oh the standzqrcls I I a smles of holes i are provided therein.

ill noted illa the forward and 0f the lever e ctencls beyond tlm bed or body A, and in crcler that tha lever nm-y be uicled in its x'novements up and down guide posts or bars M M are mounted upon llie cross-piece H, suitably spaced far me movement the lel' zlvrehe'bvrecn theapupper ends, bemg 111ml to the uprights l 1. These guide- 3 osts M .lail also assist in bracing the uprights l: I, These guide-posts M M are provided with c-pezfings 721 m for the reception of a pin m", whereby the downward m ovement of the l and cl Cll' lever L may be arrested pgmrbfll thereby.

may be adjustd to various amlards any suiuable present instance when if. he lever its forward end L ies of openings 2' in.

he holes in the guide- 1 by pin 2%";

ever givoting on the pin m wings x'egisrw x with the laznls I l, when the lava-2' the 0 p -wmtion being re- 4? proper helgh'n,

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movement of the plate Will permit the grap 1 pie-hooks to close, as will be readily understood,

Inorder that the grit ple may-be 'coriveniently operated, the rod Z is secured at its upper end to one arm Z of a bell-crank lever pivoted to a post Z on the lever L. To the other arml of the bell-crank lever is secured a rod 1*}, which extends to nearly the rear end oithe lever L, Where it is secured to one arm l,of another bell-cranlr lever, the other arm I? {at which being in the form of a handlein convenient position to be grasped by the perator. H

In use the apparatus is Wheeled into position'and the forward end of the lever L de' pressed until the load to be handled may be grasped by the grappling-hooks. The rear "end of the lever L is then depressed and the load carried to the desired locality, when b pulling upon the rod Z the grapple hoolr wi 1 through the described instrumentalities be r'el'easedand the load deposited in the desired osition. I j

In the'manufacture of concrete blocks the l l l moldswhenlfilled may be jarred by raising the lever L and permitting it' to fall, the mold, if desired, being caused tostrilr'e upon l ablock or other obstacle, whereby the contents of the mold will be ("uickly and efl eccompleted block can be carried easily and uickly to the spot Where l it is to be used, an owing to the lever L be- 1 ing adjustable in height on its support the l a paratus is well adapted for use in coni struction of building Walls, &c. l "With a slight modification the above-(le scribed apparatus is Well adapted for loading i and carrying sand, gravel, and the like, and i such a modified'structure is illustrated in l Fi 3 of the drawings. Referring particul lar y to this figure, it will be seen that the 1 general structure is the same as that pre-' l viously described, except that in this struc- 1 ture the standards upon which the lever is l supported are not so high, as'a great range a of adjustment of the lever not necessary. i For carrying the load, a scoop O isem-g ployed in this form of device, which is suol ported at the front by means of the grapp e on the lever-engaging loops or eyes 0 on 1 each side of the scoop, said scoop being sup- 1 orted near the rear by means of hooked l inks P engaging loops or eyes p on the scoop, l The scoop may be loaded by lowering the lever until the $000 is at the proper angle, 3 when it may be pus ed into the pile of sand, gravel, &c., and then raised and the load cari bination with the frame,

' in for the reception tied to the place This is done by air? when the forward leased and wiildrop town; held by the li'nks P. The scoop is guided at the rear in these movements by mean-sci rings 7 which run on guide bars or runners p carried at'the front of the frame. necessary, the lever L may be counterweight, and such aiveight is shown at Q Having thus described rny'inventionjwhiat 1 releasing grapple, d oi. the scoop will be rethe rear end being 1 claim as new, desire to secure M llet-" ters Patent, 115*- l. in a device such bination with the bed"or' body suitably mounted on wheels, at turn-table thereon,"

the standards or supports carried by the turn-table, the lever pivotally' and adjustably mounted on said standards," and ex tending beyond the forward end of the' body or bed, and the guide-posts also carried by the turn-table and"between ivhich the lever plays and is guided in its movements,am;l carried by the lever:

oad-sustaining device substantially as described 2. 11m device such as bination with. the wheeled bed or body, the standards carried thereby, having a series of holes for the rece iatioii of a pin, the lever pivoted on said pin, the guide posts between which thelever plays and'is guided, having a series oi'holes for the reception of a pin, and a load-sustaining device carried by the lever.

23. in a device suchas described, the com bination with the wheeled body or frame, turn-table carried by saidbody to the rear of the Wheels and midway of the sides, standards on said turn-table, the lever A ivotally and adjustably mounted on said standards and extending beyond the forward end of the body, a load-sustaining forward end of the body, mechanism carried by said lever for releasing the load. and means for operating said releasing mechanism car ried by the lever; si'ibstantially as described.

l. in a device such as described the comthe standards thereon, the lever having a series of holes therein, said standards also having a series of holes therein, a pin upon hich the lever is pivoted, the guide-posts having a series of holes thereof a pin whereby'the lever may be adjusted in the standards, substan tially as and for the purgose'set forth.

MAS' B; HOWE W'itnesses THOMAS DURANT,

Mau itian D. Cannon.

Nb e it is to be dumped as described, the corn described the com- IiO 

